----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Starke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:20 PM Subject: Samba on AIX
> > Hi JoJo, > > I looked but didn't find an answer to the question I have. Our /opt directory > isn't very large and our Volume Group doesn't have enough space to add to it. In > the coming months we are budgeting for larger system drives. But on to the > question. > > Can one use softlinks instead of placing it in /opt? > > For example: > > ln -s /ssadrive/Samba /opt/Samba > I would not do that as the tarball has absolute pathnames and it'll only replace the symlink. What you could do is create a filesytem "/opt/Samba" on another VG and mount that. Make sure there is a "/opt/Samba" dir in the /opt filesystem. Overmounting is a clever way to overcome your particularly common scenario of rootvg being too darned small (or overused). I'm copying the list so others can benefit from your scenario. > and then place everything over there? I have planty of space on the other > drives, it is just that the system drives are pressed for space. > > Thank you for your work in compiling an AIX version! > My pleasure. Enjoy! Cheers, Bill > Jim > > --- > James Starke > System Administrator > Benco Dental > 570-825-7781 x7143 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
